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Alain Silver
Alain Silver is a US film producer, director, and screenwriter; music producer; film critic, film historian, DVD commentator, author and editor of books and essays on film topics, especially film noir, the samurai film, and horror films. Filmmakers about whom he has written include David Lean, Robert Aldrich, Raymond Chandler, Roger Corman, and James Wong Howe. Career Education Silver graduated from UCLA with degrees in film production (B.A.) and critical studies (M.A. and PhD). Film production Silver entered the film industry through the Assistant Directors Training Program and was a trainee, second assistant and first assistant director on movies such as '' Every Which Way But Loose'', '' The Manitou'', and ''The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training'' and on television series such as '' Police Woman,'' '' Angie,'' '' Mork and Mindy'' and '' Laverne and Shirley''. In 1981, Silver began working as a production manager and producer. Since that time Silver has been executive or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estimat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angie (TV Series)
''Angie'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on ABC from February 8, 1979, to September 4, 1980. The series was created by Garry Marshall and Dale McRaven, and produced by Miller-Milkis Productions (Miller-Milkis-Boyett in Season 2) in association with Paramount Television. The series stars Donna Pescow in the lead role, Robert Hays as her love interest and eventual husband, Doris Roberts as her mother and Debralee Scott as her sister. The complete series was released as a Region 1 DVD set on September 1, 2017. Premise In Philadelphia, Italian-American coffee-shop waitress Angie Falco starts a romance with customer Bradley Benson, a pediatrician. While she assumes that he is a struggling young doctor, he reveals that he is actually rebelling against his wealthy family. The other Falco family members are Angie's mother Theresa and her younger sister Marie. Angie and Marie's father had walked out on the family many years earlier, but Theresa continues to set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Suspect (1989 Film)
''Prime Suspect'' is a 1989 American thriller directed by Bruce Kimmel (using the pseudonym Mark Rutland, as he was brought in after the original director (Thomas Constantinides) proved unequal to the task) and produced by Alain Silver and Patrick Regan. Bruce Kimmel also composed the underscore. The film stars Don Blakely, Tom Bresnahan and Ann Dane. Only 15 to 20 minutes of this 90 minute film remain of Constantinides' work. Kimmel was brought in on one day's notice and finished the film as a favor to his friends Alain Silver and Patrick Regan, with whom he had worked many times. The script was by Constantinides. The resulting film wasn't exactly poorly received, as it went straight to home video and no reviews of it seem to exist. The story of all this is told in Kimmel's memoir, There's Mel, There's Woody, and There's You. Cast * Don Blakely as Joey * Tom Bresnahan as Tod Jennings * Ann Dane as Nurse Barton * Crisstyn Dante as Nurse Edgar * Billy Drago as Cyril * Suzann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiss Daddy Goodbye
''Kiss Daddy Goodbye'', also known as ''Revenge of the Zombie'', is a 1981 American horror film directed by Patrick Regan. The film stars Fabian, Marilyn Burns, Jon Cedar, and Marvin Miller. It is about two psychic children who avenge the death of their father. Plot Two children who have psychic powers use them to avenge the death of their father, who was murdered by a biker gang. Cast * Fabian as Deputy Blanchard * Marilyn Burns as Nora Dennis * Jon Cedar Jon Cedar (January 22, 1931 – April 14, 2011) was an American actor. He appeared in more than sixty television and film roles during his career. Career Cedar began his acting career in high school theater productions at Detroit High School. ... as Wally Stanton * Marvin Miller as Bill Morris * Chester Grimes as biker gang leader * Jed Mills as biker * Gay French as Nicky - female biker * Robert Dryer as Billy References External links * 1981 films American horror films 1981 horror films 1980s English-lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time At The Top
''Time at the Top'', is a 1999 cable television film for Showtime that was directed by Jimmy Kaufman and written by Linda Brookover and Alain Silver based on the book by Edward Ormondroyd. It stars Elisha Cuthbert, Timothy Busfield, and Lynne Adams. Synopsis Susan Shawson (Elisha Cuthbert), a 13-year old high-school, inadvertently travels back in time in her apartment building's elevator. As altered by Dr. Reynolds (Michael Sinelnikoff), a retired physicist living upstairs, this secret time machine transports Susan from New York of 1998 back to exactly the same spot in 1881. There she meets Victoria Walker (Gabrielle Boni), a girl her age in need of assistance with her own family problems, most notably a schemer named Cyrus Sweeney (Jean LeClerc) trying to take advantage of her widowed mother Nora (Lynne Adams). When she returns to the present, Susan discovers that her widower father Frank (Timothy Busfield) has been frantically searching for her, assisted by neighbor Edwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kings Of Appletown
''Adventures in Appletown'' (also known as ''Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi'' or ''The Kings of Appletown'') is a 2008 dramedy/ adventure film starring twin brothers Dylan Sprouse and Cole Sprouse, written by Amanda Moresco, directed by Robert Moresco, and produced by Moresco Productions in association with Oak Films. This was the second time the brothers and Victoria Justice worked together, the first time was in an episode of ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody'' called "Fairest of Them All" (Season 1, Episode 2). Production It completed principal filming '''', By Melena Ryzik (February 1, 2008), "Awakening, Nightly, at 50" (paragraph 12). Retrieved 12-27-2008 in |
10th & Wolf
''10th & Wolf'' is a 2006 film about the Philadelphia Mafia directed by Robert Moresco. It is based on a true story of a mob war in South Philadelphia. The film stars James Marsden, Giovanni Ribisi and Brad Renfro and features appearances by Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Piper Perabo, Lesley Ann Warren, Tommy Lee, 1980s Italian comedian, singer, actor and director Francesco Salvi and Brian Dennehy. The film was billed as based on a story by "Donnie Brasco", the undercover name of FBI agent Joseph Pistone, who successfully infiltrated the Mafia, as portrayed in the movie of the same name starring Johnny Depp and Al Pacino. While the film is set in Philadelphia, it was filmed in Pittsburgh, with scenes at Tom's Diner and Bloom Cigar Company in the South Side and Hartwood Mansion. Synopsis Tommy is the son of a Mafia hitman, who, after his father is killed by a rival, moves with his younger brother to live with his aunt, uncle and cousin in Philadelphia. The sole member of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Quickie (film)
Sergei Vladimirovich Bodrov ( rus, Серге́й Влади́мирович Бодро́в, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej bɐˈdrof; born June 28, 1948) is a Russian film director, screenwriter, and producer. In 2003 he was the President of the Jury at the 25th Moscow International Film Festival. Life and career Bodrov was born in Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia). In the post-Soviet period he emigrated to the United States. His son, actor Sergei Bodrov, Jr. was killed in an avalanche in the mountains of the North Caucasus on September 20, 2002, while shooting a film titled ''The Messenger''. Bodrov's paternal grandmother was an ethnic Buryat, which influenced his decision to make the movie ''Mongol''. Bodrov currently has an apartment in Los Angeles and a ranch in Arizona. He is married to American film consultant Carolyn Cavallaro. Awards *''Prisoner of the Mountains'' ** Nika Award for Best Picture and Best Director. **Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film nomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me (film)
''Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me'' is a 1992 American comedy film starring Adrienne Shelly, Max Parrish, Andrea Naschak, and written and directed by Joel Hershman. Supporting roles are played by Diane Ladd, Sean Young, and Timothy Leary. A raunchy screwball comedy with a romantic subplot, ''Hold Me'' follows a small-time criminal hiding from his ex-fiancée and the law in an El Monte, California trailer park, where the production was filmed. While there he meets an assortment of oddball characters, and finds himself juggling the affections of two sisters, a sadistic porn star and a demure virgin. According to ''The Austin Chronicle'', "The strong points of Hershman's film are his wonderfully wacky story in combination with a terrific, top-notch cast whose performances easily render credible, slice-of-life images of life in the lower-class lane." Despite largely positive reviews, some of which went so far as to compare Hershman to John Waters and Paul Bartel, the film failed to break ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mortuary Academy
''Mortuary Academy'' is a 1988 American comedy film starring Christopher Atkins and Perry Lang. The film was released on DVD in full screen with no extras in 2005. Plot summary Sam (Christopher Atkins) and Max Grimm (Perry Lang) inherit the Grimm Mortuary and Academy from their uncle, but in order to obtain it, they must graduate from the mortician's course. The current owner is Dr. Paul Truscott (Paul Bartel), who tells the Grimm brothers that if they fail to graduate, the ownership of the business will stay with him. Truscott and his assistant Mary (Mary Woronov), who is the only professor at the academy, conspire to make sure the brothers do not succeed. Both Paul and Mary have necrophilia, messing with dead bodies and doing poor mortuary jobs for customers. The other students try to graduate as well, including a student that impales dead bodies and another student that brings a puppy "back from the dead" with robotic engineering. Reception A review in the book ''VideoHound's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ratings Game
''The Ratings Game'' is a 1984 comedy cable television film directed by Danny DeVito and produced by David Jablin. The Showtime comedy stars DeVito and Rhea Perlman, and features Huntz Hall, Michael Richards, George Wendt and Jerry Seinfeld. Plot Vic DeSalvo and his brother Goody are successful New Jersey trucking magnates, but Vic has a desire to make it big as a Hollywood producer. He hawks his scripts and ideas from one network executive to another, but he is turned down at each attempt. Finally, he meets an executive at a second-rate company who has just been fired for promoting a show that attracted zero viewers. To avenge himself, he accepts Vic's script and arranges for a pilot episode of ''Sittin' Pretty'', to be filmed. The resultant episode is abysmally awful, both in acting and story, but Vic is only inspired to greater heights. The director and star actor walk out and Vic decides to act as well as write and direct. He throws a huge party to make himself known to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Jack
''Prince Jack'' is a 1985 film from Castle Hill Productions which dramatizes some of the inner workings of the Kennedy administration, including efforts by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to address the issues arising from the Civil Rights Movement. Although primarily a dramatic narrative, ''Prince Jack'' also uses satire and black humor, especially with regard to the Kennedy brothers' complicated relationship with Lyndon B. Johnson. ''Prince Jack'' covers the period from the Democratic National Convention in July 1960 to the autumn of 1963, just prior to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The film was written and directed by Bert Lovitt. Cast * Robert J. Hogan - John F. Kennedy * James F. Kelly - Robert F. Kennedy * Lloyd Nolan - Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. * Kenneth Mars - Lyndon B. Johnson * Dana Andrews - The Cardinal * Robert Guillaume - Martin Luther King Jr. * Cameron Mitchell - Edwin Walker * Jim Backus - Ted Dealey * William Windom - Ferguson ("Fergie") * Theodor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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